Psychiatric Services
- Volume 51
- Number 10
- October 2000
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Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1259–1264OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of dementia among black and white residents on admission to nursing homes and to determine whether demographic and health characteristics known to be associated with dementia were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1259Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1265–1272OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the relationship between client-case manager racial matching and both service use and clinical outcomes in a case management program for homeless persons with serious mental illness. METHODS: The study focused on 1,785 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1265Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1273–1277As a means of adapting to managed care, the psychiatry department at Wake Forest University developed a managed behavioral health organization (MBHO) to manage the care of enrollees in QualChoice, the health maintenance organization of the Wake Forest ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1273Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1278–1281OBJECTIVE: Despite growing numbers of elderly persons with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, little research has been conducted on the manifestation of serious mental illness in later life, and our understanding of the mental health care needs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1278Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1282–1287OBJECTIVE: This study examined incarceration rates of users of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health services in 16 northeastern New York State counties between 1994 and 1997—a time of extensive bed closures in the VA system—to determine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1282Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1288–1292OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between command hallucinations and violent behavior. METHODS: One hundred and three psychiatric inpatients completed measures of command hallucinations, other psychotic symptoms, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1288Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1293–1298OBJECTIVE: Mexican Americans have low rates of service utilization for mental health problems. This study examined the use of health services by persons who have symptoms of mental distress that they say impair their ability to function. METHODS: A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1293Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1299–1304OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological studies indicate that most patients in the community do not get treatment for psychiatric disorders. It is unknown whether persons who present for outpatient psychiatric services seek treatment for all the disorders they have or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1299Brief Report
Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1305–1307The level of satisfaction with telepsychiatry evaluations was determined in a sample of 43 forensic psychiatric patient inmates in a large urban jail. A forensic psychiatrist interviewed 20 patients in person, the other 23 remotely via interactive video. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1305Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1307–1309From 1994 through 1996, a general Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center reorganized its mental health services from a traditional discipline-based structure to a unitary service line organized around patient care functions. A comparison of data from 1993 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1307Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1310–1312Forty-two African-American and 80 white patients hospitalized for bipolar disorder completed the Coping Resources Inventory. Total resource scores of the African Americans were significantly higher than scores of the whites, although differences in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.10.1310Open Forum
Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages1312–1314Successful engagement of clients with serious and persistent mental illnesses in the planning and implementation of treatment requires the identification of individualized reinforcers through motivational analyses. Reinforcer surveys are interviews or ...
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